Installs and configures Ganglia.
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SELinux must be disabled on CentOS
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iptables must allow access to port 80
A run list with “recipe” enables monitoring.
A run list with “recipe” enables the web interface.
A run list with “recipe” enables graphite graphs.
Installs a gmetric plugin.
The plugin is composed of two templates:
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One for the script
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One for the cron job that will call the script
The templates must be in the caller cookbook.
Example:
ganglia_gmetric 'memcache' do
options :port => 11211
end
templates:
cookbooks/memcache/templates/default/memcache.gmetric.erb
cookbooks/memcache/templates/default/memcache.cron.erb
The content of ‘options’ will be passed to the templates
Installs a python plugin.
The plugin is composed of two templates:
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One for the python module
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One for the configuration of the module
The templates must be in the caller cookbook.
Example:
ganglia_python 'memcache' do
options :port => 11211
end
templates:
cookbooks/memcache/templates/default/memcache.py.erb
cookbooks/memcache/templates/default/memcache.pyconf.erb
The content of ‘options’ will be passed to the templates
This cookbook has been tested on Ubuntu 10.04 and Centos 5.5.
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